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Carving: Standing Female Figure1972.07.0018 (1972.07.0018)
72.8 x 17.2 x 15.9 cm (2,895 g)
Location: Africa, West: Ghana
Period: Colonial; 20th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Communication Artifacts : Art

Spring Lancet Case1973.24.0005B (1973.24.0005B)
7.5 x 4 x 2 cm (17 g)
Location: Europe, West: Austria, Germany, United States
Period: Early 19th century CE; 18th – 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Science & Technology T&E : Medical & Psychological T&E : Medical Accessories
Description: This wooden box, likely crafted in Austria, was designed to house an early 19th-century spring lancet, a medical instrument used during the practice of bloodletting...

Pipe1974.02.0003A (1974.02.0003A)
17 x 16.7 x 3.5 cm (56 g)
Location: Asia, Southeast: Vietnam: Central Highlands
Period: Vietnam War; 1970-1974
Classification/Nomenclature: Personal Artifacts : Personal Gear : Smoking & Drug Equipment

Cradleboard1996.24.0183A (1996.24.0183A)
87 x 35 x 28.5 cm (2,857 g)
Location: America, North: United States: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation?: South Dakota: White River?
Classification/Nomenclature: Distribution & Transportation Artifacts : Land Transportation T&E : Human-Powered Vehicles

Club1996.24.0212 (1996.24.0212)
54 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm (343 g)
Location: America, North: United States: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming,
Period: 1930 - 1934 CE
Classification/Nomenclature: Science & Technology T&E : Armaments : Percussive Weapons

Club1998.19.0221 (1998.19.0221)
37.5 x 6 cm (278 g)
Location: America, North: United States
Period: 19th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Science & Technology T&E : Armaments : Percussive Weapons

Compass2001.04.0004 (2001.04.0004)
15.8 x 15.5 x 3 cm (293 g)
Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Republic of China (1912-1949) or People's Republic of China (1949-present); 20th century?
Classification/Nomenclature: Science & Technology T&E : Surveying & Navigational T&E : Navigational Equipment
Description: The luopan is a Chinese divination tool used in traditional fengshui practice. The device is used to identify auspicious and inauspicious directions related to the movement of qi through space and the characteristics of an individual person, site, and time...

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